A65 teardown

acadian · Nov 6, 2022

Moving on to the cylinder head now, valve guide bores mic'd up at .504 but were not concentric so I cleaned and opened them up to .506. I'll be ordering C630 guides from KPMI this week, along with valves and springs.

acadian · Jan 20, 2023

Kitchen table valve guide install.

Another one to file under: "Sh*t I couldn't do if I was still married"

got to honing the guides today, shot for .001 IN - .0015 EX, guide hone comes in very handy

acadian · Jan 31, 2023

More progress

valve seats cut

Tank arrived

acadian · Jan 31, 2023

Tank and seat combo. Overall happy with the tank (Royal Choppers.. thanks for the recommendation Kommando!), will pressure test of course

Fit, as expected, is a tad "off", I will have to fabricate a new mounting system, planning on using cylindrical isolation mounts for the new front bracket I'll have to design. Seat will require additional glass work, as looks like it was shaped with a roughing rasp

acadian · Feb 20, 2023

Snagged Britcycle's last Hayward A65 belt kit, performed the sealed bearing conversion which has been running great on my T140

acadian · Mar 3, 2023

Paintwork done, very happy with the accuracy of the colour matching, I think he got it near spot on to the original BSA candy red

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